pollution

Melati Wijsen, a young climate activist, often compared to Greta Thunberg, has managed to create change through an environmental policy banning single-use plastics in Bali.

Quebec claims to be a climate change leader, yet it quietly championed a controversial cement factory in the struggling region of Gaspesie. VICE investigates why Quebec is endorsing an industry responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions.

Kelp could feed the planet and save our oceans — but no one knows about it

We often talk about science and the future, but what do kids actually think about the future?

Coming Soon: VICE News investigates the rise of Mexican black tar heroin, and the cost of getting it to the US.

Coming Soon: VICE News investigates the effects of urban oil drilling in Los Angeles.

We also visit an icy art installation in Paris, investigate pollution in the world's deepest lake, and explore LA's Latino ska scene.

VICE News asked people around the world about what they think are the big issues. Climate change was at the top of the list.

Motherboard goes to NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering to check out the lab of the scientist building the ultimate robotic fish.

VICE News travels to the Navajo Nation to find out how its abundance of coal is affecting the future of the Navajo people.

An estimated 113 million tons of coal ash are produced annually in the US, and stored in almost every state—some of it literally in people's backyards.

In April 2010, a 2-foot-wide pipe in the Gulf of Mexico began ejaculating oil to the tune of half a million gallons a day.